Just in time for Halloween! The newest uninvited guest (pest) in our hives is the small hive beetle (SHB), a nasty little beetle that eat… Just in time for Halloween! The newest uninvited guest (pest) ...

The honeybee's alarm signal may not only bring help, but also attract the small hive beetle. Now, an international team of researchers has found that small hive beetles can detect some alarm ...

Christian W. W. Pirk received funding from University of Pretoria and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Honey bees are useful not only to humans but to other “free riders” attracted to ...

Among the many diseases and parasites that pose health problems for honeybees, the small hive beetle is unique and presents control challenges. Most other pests can be treated while they are residing ...

A new predator could be set to sweep through central Europe's beehives — and angry bee-keepers are asking the European Union to keep it at bay by banning all honeybee imports. The parasite in question ...

It's hard to hoodwink a jailer, but incarcerated beetles fool their honeybee guards into feeding them, new research shows1. Small hive beetles storm honeybee hives to plunder pollen, honey and even ...